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Consistently ranked among the top 10 mountain resorts in North America, the year-round Park City Mountain Resort served as an official venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games®-hosting the men's and women's Giant Alpine Slalom events, as well as all snowboard events. Nestled in the heart of Utah's scenic Wasatch Mountains, the resort offers 3,300 acres of diverse terrain, 100 ski trails, a 3,100-foot vertical drop, 750 acres of open bowl skiing, night skiing, snow tubing, guided snowmobile tours and sleigh rides. During the summer, take a thrilling ride on the luge-style Alpine Slide that winds 3,000 feet down the mountainside. Park City Mountain Resort also offers hiking trails, mountain sleds, a climbing wall, miniature golf, kiddie amusement park, horseback riding and 17 miles of mountain biking trails.
“With exceptional Wasatch Mountain terrain, the lightest, driest, deepest powder around, the ski resorts of the southern Wasatch in and around Park City please even the most discriminating skiers and snowboarders. And, surprise-surprise, it's not just about the snow: this part of Utah is home to world-class fly-fishing streams, a variety of challenging golf courses, and loads of high adventure in the backcountry. And after all that recreating, you can enjoy a drink in a chichi club, move on to a yummy supper, and then, if you don't feel like going home to the hot tub just yet, you can cut loose with some live music on Main Street.” –Fodor’s Guide
“Utah's most sophisticated resort community, Park City, reminds us of Aspen, Colorado, and Taos, New Mexico - other historic Western towns that have made the most of excellent ski terrain while evolving into popular year-round vacation destinations, offering a casual Western atmosphere with a touch of elegance . . . Today's visitors will find three separate ski areas, lodgings that range from basic to luxurious, some of the state's most innovative restaurants and best shops, an abundance of fine performing arts events, many of Utah's liveliest nightspots, and plenty of hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and other outdoor opportunities.” –Frommer’s Guide
“Park City has for many years been engulfed by an ever-growing sprawl of new condos, factory outlets and other developments, and has become completely unrecognizable since being overhauled for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Its restored Main Street now makes only token gestures towards mimicking the mountain mining community it used to be, its shops and restaurants striving instead to emulate the chic resorts of Colorado.” –Rough Guide to Park City
FACTS & STATISTICS
Location: Park City is located in Summit County in the heart of Northern Utah’s Wasatch Mountains – just 30 miles East of downtown Salt Lake City.
Population: 7,882
City Profile: Former mining town (once known as “Sin City”), ski resort town, one of wealthiest cities in the United States, most politically liberal place in Utah, boasts largest collection of factory outlet stores in Northern Utah, home of the United States Ski & Snowboard Team, film locale for I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, original home of the Mrs. Fields Cookies chain, altitudes within the city limits range from 6,720 feet to 8,460 feet above sea level, 64 of Park City’s buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, more than 100 restaurants & bars, approximately 5,700 condo units & hotel rooms
Major Ski Resorts: The Canyons Resort, Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort (the latter two resorts were major locations for ski and snowboarding events during the 2002 Winter Olympics)
Climate: Winter temperatures average between 24 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit (average snowfall is 143 inches in town and 350 inches at the resorts); summers average 80 degrees Fahrenheit
Most Notable Annual Event: Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the United States, which takes place in late January.
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